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[electro music playing]

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[Devi screaming]

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[McEnroe] For those of you
with short-term memory loss,

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Devi had just gotten into zero,
that's right, zero colleges.

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The shit had hit the fan
and was now all over the room.

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What was that scream?
Did another possum come through the vents?

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Oh, wait.

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-Did you hear back from colleges?
-Ye-- Yeah.

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Okay, well, don't leave me in suspense.

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[McEnroe] How could Devi tell her mom
that she'd gotten in nowhere?

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That she'd completely nuked
her own future?

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That her mother's only child
was a capital-F failure?

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Kanna, come on. Where did you get in?

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Everywhere.

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[McEnroe] The answer is she wouldn't.

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Oh my God!

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That's incredible!

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["Two Cents" by Lady Kash playing]

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♪ Yenna paarve? ♪

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♪ I said whatchu lookin’ at, boy? ♪

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♪ Ada yenna paarve? ♪

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♪ Whatchu call dat? ♪

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Hi, Akshara, it's Devi Vishwakumar.

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I don't know if you saw, but I somehow
was accidentally placed on the wait-list.

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Or maybe it was a prank,

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in which case I get it,
and I think it's funny, not cruel.

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Please call me back.

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[McEnroe] Devi's head
was like a shanked serve,

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spinning hopelessly out of control.

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Devi Delishwakumar,
you saucy little genius!

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Congratulations!

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-What?
-[Fabiola] You got into every single Ivy?

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Your mom called my mom.
That's unbelievable.

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[McEnroe] Oh God, the lie was spreading.

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But also,
the truth was too painful to say.

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You guys, look at us.

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Eleanor is basically seconds away
from being a Hollywood star,

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and Devi and I
are gonna be roomies at Princeton.

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-You still wanna go to Princeton, right?
-Yeah, I do.

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I do wanna go to Princeton.

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I mean, we've all basically turned into
the people we wanted to be freshman year,

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and now tonight, we get to celebrate
at our freakin' senior prom.

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How perfect is that?

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[McEnroe] Oh right, prom.

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Devi had looked forward to this night
her entire high school career,

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but in typical Devi fashion,
had created too big of a mess to enjoy it.

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Right, that is perfect.

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Anyway, I gotta run
and talk to Ms. Warner.

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But def can't wait for tonight.

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Agh! Actually, I gotta jet too.

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I'm showing Gears
at the National High School Tech Fair,

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and I gotta debug him.

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He downloaded a CrossFit video,

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and now likes to guess
people's BMIs out loud.

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And I also have a lot
of really exciting things going on for me,

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so I have to get to all of those.

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See you gals tonight!

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Hi, Ms. Warner. Wanna talk to me?

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Well, I never want to talk to anyone,
but I need to talk to you, young man.

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Apparently, you've been skipping classes,

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and you haven't turned in any homework
in the last few weeks.

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Now what the hell is going on?

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I figured since I got into Columbia early,

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I could take my brand-new Jordans
off the gas pedal.

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[laughs sarcastically]

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Well, then allow me to put
my worn-out Skechers up your backside,

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because if you keep this up,
you will fail your classes,

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and Columbia will rescind its acceptance.

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But Trent said that was a myth.

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Trent Harrison?

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The thirteenth grader who routinely hangs
his backpack on the fire alarm?

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That is who you're taking
academic advice from?

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Oh my God.

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Oh my God, I have so much work to do.

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[frantic music playing]

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[school bell ringing]

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Hey. What are you doing here?

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Oh, just checking in on my friends.

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Are you okay?

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You seem sad.

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And in a real way, not in
a "practicing crying on command" way.

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Yeah, well, I saw my mom the other day.

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Whoa, you saw your mom?

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Did you give her a knuckle sando or what?

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No, I'm not angry anymore.

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I just kind of feel sorry for her.

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I mean, she sacrificed her whole life
for a career that's just not gonna happen.

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And I'm worried
the same thing's gonna happen to me.

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Are you yanking my nuts right now?
Of course you're gonna make it.

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You're the most talented person
in the whole flat world.

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Do you know how many really talented
out-of-work actors there are in LA?

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And everyone's just crossing their fingers
that some director chooses them.

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So then you should become the director.

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Pfft!

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[gasps] Wait,
that's actually not a bad idea.

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Like, I could learn how to direct

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and make my own projects to act in,

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like Greta Gerwig,
or several problematic male directors.

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Well, actually, I meant
you could bonk a director in the head,

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drag them into a closet,
steal their clothes,

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then pretend to be them long enough
to give yourself the part.

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But your idea is good too.

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Well, listen, El-Bell,
I gotta get to class.

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I don't wanna be a third-year senior.

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But I'm not worried about you.

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I stand by what I told you before.

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You're a shooting star.

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["Air I Breathe" by Sophie Blair playing]

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♪ And I'll say it right ♪

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♪ I might this time ♪

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Ms. Warner, do you know happen to know
if there's a college

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that does same-day acceptance,
preferably one that's very prestigious?

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Oh no. I take it you stuck to
the "no safety school" plan?

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Why did you let me do that?
You should've slapped some sense into me.

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Oh, believe me, I wanted to.

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I'm sorry, Devi.
Were there at least any wait-lists?

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Only Princeton.

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I'm such an idiot.

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Why did I think
I could get into those schools?

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Because you should have.
You're an excellent student.

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But those schools have tens of thousands
of applications from excellent students.

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So, what do I do now?

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Well, you still have that wait-list spot.

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You could get in.

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But what if I don't get in?

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Then you'll just apply again next fall.
It isn't the end of the world.

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Yes, it is, Ms. Warner.

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It… really is.

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[upbeat music playing]

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-[inaudible conversation]
-[robot beeping]

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[electronic whine]

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Fab, we scoped out the other booths,
and they've got nothing on you and Gears.

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Really? Oh my God.

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You guys, is that Dr. Leela Tye?
Is she one of the judges here?

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Who is Leela Tye?

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She's the head of Robotics at Howard
and a certified badass.

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Oh God, she's coming here.

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-Hi. I'm--
-[Fabiola] Dr. Tye.

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I know. I'm Fabiola Torres,
and this is my robot, Gears Brosnan.

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Great name.
Tell me a little bit about Gears.

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Well, he can detect carbon monoxide,
lift ten times his body weight,

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plus he gives
excellent relationship advice.

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[Gears] Relationships are like improv,
not for everybody.

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That's cute.

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[Gears] You did not laugh.
I will remember that.

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-Wait, is he reacting to me?
-Mm-hmm.

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Miss Torres, did you, as a high schooler,
create legitimate artificial intelligence?

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Well, I wouldn't call it "artificial."
Gears is truly his authentic self.

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That's extremely impressive.

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Even more impressive than my self-made
fanny pack charging station?

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-Yes.
-Very good. Thank you for your time.

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Do you know
where you're going to college yet?

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Howard has a cutting-edge
engineering department.

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I know, uh,
which is actually why I applied there.

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Well, I'm sure you've no shortage
of schools to choose from,

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but part of what drew me to Howard

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is their mission to make the field
of robotics a more inclusive space.

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Oh my God.

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That's what I've been trying to do
with my team at school.

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When I became captain,
it was pretty much all fanny-pack guys,

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but we've come a long way since,

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and the lab smells so much better now.

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I bet it does.

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Look, at the risk
of coming on too strong here,

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if you are planning to attend Howard,
there's an opening in my lab.

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I'm always interested
in mentoring new talent,

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and I think you'd fit right in.

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Really? Me?

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Yes, you. [chuckles]

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Listen, I have to keep doing
my rounds here,

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but I truly hope to see you in the fall.

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[Gears] Maybe you will, maybe you won't.

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There's a lot of heat
on Fab and Gears right now.

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I'm sorry. Excuse him,
I have to turn down his confidence level.

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[McEnroe] Uh-oh.
Better call the fire department

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because someone just felt
a collegiate spark.

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Devi left Ms. Warner's office
feeling lower than Trent's ponytail.

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She had royally tanked her own future,

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and she would have to tell
her mother the truth.

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-What could be worse than that?
-[PA system chimes]

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[Principal Grubbs] Everyone,
congratulate Devi Vishwakumar.

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I just heard she's been accepted
to every single Ivy League school.

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Dress up on Monday
because I'm calling all the news outlets.

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[all applauding]

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[McEnroe] Okay, yeah, that was worse.

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Yo, D, I just heard. That's so sick.

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[groans]

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[vomiting]

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[breathing heavily]

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[Ben] David?

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You okay?

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Uh, hi.

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[hesitating] Yeah.

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Yeah, I'd probably barf too
if I got a clean sweep.

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Congratulations. It's insane.

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Yeah, "insane" is the right word for it.

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What are you doing in here?

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Oh. I kind of got a case of senioritis
and sort of stopped doing my work,

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so Ms. Warner put me on probation.

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I'm not allowed to go to prom,
and I have to sit here and catch up

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so that Columbia
doesn't take back my acceptance.

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What? [scoffs]

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How could you carelessly throw away
such a precious opportunity?

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Do you know how many people would kill
to be in your position?

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Jeez, I know. I'm sorry.
I'm fixing it right now.

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You gonna hit me?

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No.

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Do you want some help?

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Really? You'd rather sit here
and do calculus

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than celebrate out there
with all your fans?

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Okay, don't question me.
Just accept the help.

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[gentle music playing]

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[upbeat music playing]

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[McEnroe] Devi had hidden out
the rest of the school day

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doing Ben's homework,

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and now she was home,

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supposedly getting ready
for the most magical night of her life.

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[sighs]

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[McEnroe] Or not.

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[phone vibrating]

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-Hello.
-Hey, Devi.

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It's Akshara from Princeton.

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I'm so sorry to take so long
to get back to you.

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I've had to make
a lot of these calls today.

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Okay. So, what's the deal
with the wait-list then?

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Is it like a "thoughts and prayers"
kind of situation,

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or is there a routing number
you wanna slide my way?

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Unfortunately, your best chance
is to fill out the supplemental essay.

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That's it? Write another essay?

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But what can I say
that I haven't already said?

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[Akshara] I think you could say more.

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Your first essay was…

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It was very well written.
It was very academic.

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It had multiple uses
of the word "dichotomy."

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-But it didn't really show me who you are.
-But you know who I am.

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I call you every week.

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You're the only one that knows
that one of my teeth is fake.

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Yeah, that's all true,
but I wanna know why you are who you are.

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If I could give you
one piece of advice for this essay…

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[smacks lips] …dig a little deeper.

241
00:10:35,803 --> 00:10:38,972
And if I do that,
then… what are my chances?

242
00:10:39,056 --> 00:10:41,141
Well, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it for you.

243
00:10:41,225 --> 00:10:43,727
We don't take a lot of people
off the wait-list,

244
00:10:43,811 --> 00:10:46,438
but it's not a zero percent chance,
so it's worth a shot, right?

245
00:10:47,106 --> 00:10:50,275
And I know whatever happens,
wherever you go,

246
00:10:50,359 --> 00:10:52,403
you have a bright future ahead of you.

247
00:10:52,486 --> 00:10:53,320
Yeah.

248
00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:55,155
Sure.

249
00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:57,116
[sighs]

250
00:10:57,199 --> 00:10:58,033
Bye, Akshara.

251
00:10:58,117 --> 00:10:59,243
[somber music playing]

252
00:11:02,246 --> 00:11:05,374
Whoa. Kanna, you look stunning.

253
00:11:05,457 --> 00:11:07,251
[gasps] Thanks.

254
00:11:09,503 --> 00:11:12,506
Mom, I need to tell you something.

255
00:11:12,589 --> 00:11:15,467
I actually wanted to talk to you too.

256
00:11:15,551 --> 00:11:16,468
Um…

257
00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:18,095
You know,

258
00:11:18,846 --> 00:11:23,559
I was just thinking
about this amazing achievement of yours,

259
00:11:23,642 --> 00:11:25,936
and, uh,
on your very special night… [chuckles]

260
00:11:26,729 --> 00:11:31,233
…and I started to think about when
your dad asked me to move here.

261
00:11:31,316 --> 00:11:33,610
And, uh, you know, at first I…

262
00:11:33,694 --> 00:11:37,906
[inhales deeply] I didn't want to.
I mean, we seriously struggled.

263
00:11:37,990 --> 00:11:40,367
But then I look at you right now,

264
00:11:40,451 --> 00:11:42,786
like, so beautiful, and…

265
00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:46,039
so accomplished,

266
00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:49,918
and it just makes
all the hardship worth it.

267
00:11:52,713 --> 00:11:53,547
That's all, ma.

268
00:11:53,630 --> 00:11:57,050
[McEnroe] Devi already felt pretty low
before this conversation,

269
00:11:57,134 --> 00:12:00,095
but now she was somewhere
around the Earth's core.

270
00:12:00,179 --> 00:12:01,638
[Nalini] Okay then, hurry up.

271
00:12:01,722 --> 00:12:05,392
Your friends are waiting outside in…
a very tacky limo.

272
00:12:05,476 --> 00:12:06,894
[groovy song playing]

273
00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:10,147
[McEnroe] Welcome, everybody.
It is an honor to be driving you tonight.

274
00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:14,026
My name is Stoo,
spelled the usual way, S-T-O-O.

275
00:12:14,109 --> 00:12:17,488
So sit back, relax,
and enjoy the refreshments

276
00:12:17,571 --> 00:12:19,698
left by the people
I drove to Vegas last night.

277
00:12:19,782 --> 00:12:22,993
Is that vodka? Hell yeah.

278
00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:26,830
[McEnroe] Wow, can you believe our girls
are heading off to their senior prom?

279
00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:29,792
And happy to just go
with each other as dates?

280
00:12:29,875 --> 00:12:33,170
That shows real maturity from them,
which they would notice

281
00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:36,340
if they weren't all secretly struggling
with their own inner demons.

282
00:12:36,423 --> 00:12:37,883
Hey, Devi.

283
00:12:39,301 --> 00:12:44,181
Since we're heading off to a milestone,
just thinking about milestones to come,

284
00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:47,726
and I was wondering how important it is
that I be your roommate at Princeton.

285
00:12:47,810 --> 00:12:48,644
[slurping]

286
00:12:48,727 --> 00:12:49,770
Uh, what?

287
00:12:50,354 --> 00:12:51,939
Yeah, super important.

288
00:12:52,022 --> 00:12:53,106
Samesies.

289
00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:56,610
I also want that,
which is why it's good it's happening.

290
00:12:56,693 --> 00:12:58,237
Could I also get some vodka?

291
00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:01,740
Wow, gals, straight vodka?

292
00:13:02,366 --> 00:13:05,160
Well, let's partay.

293
00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:08,372
Driver, take the scenic route.

294
00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:11,834
You got it.
Let's take this baby up a mountain.

295
00:13:11,917 --> 00:13:12,793
[Eleanor] Whoo!

296
00:13:12,876 --> 00:13:14,795
[party song playing]

297
00:13:16,713 --> 00:13:17,965
[Fabiola] Whoo!

298
00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:20,467
Devi, come on. Come here.

299
00:13:20,551 --> 00:13:21,468
[laughing]

300
00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:25,013
[laughing]

301
00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:31,478
You guys, on this,
the most sacred night of high school,

302
00:13:32,437 --> 00:13:35,023
I just wanna say
how proud I am of you two,

303
00:13:35,607 --> 00:13:38,527
winning tech fairs
and getting clean sweeps.

304
00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:40,654
So here's to your futures.

305
00:13:40,737 --> 00:13:43,240
They're bright as hell! Whoo!

306
00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:45,367
-Whoo!
-[Devi screams]

307
00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:46,743
-[tires screeching]
-Oh God!

308
00:13:49,538 --> 00:13:50,497
[Eleanor] Ahh!

309
00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:54,626
Hey, this is Stoo,
the limo driver up front.

310
00:13:54,710 --> 00:13:56,670
Uh, is any-- anybody dead?

311
00:13:56,753 --> 00:13:59,172
-[Devi sobbing]
-Oh my God, Devi, are you hurt?

312
00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:02,551
I didn't get into college.

313
00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:04,177
What?

314
00:14:04,261 --> 00:14:06,346
I didn't get in anywhere.

315
00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:07,431
[somber music playing]

316
00:14:07,514 --> 00:14:08,724
[gasps]

317
00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:13,562
Hey, you girls okay?

318
00:14:13,645 --> 00:14:15,606
Might be best if you don't sleep
for a coupla days,

319
00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:16,982
in case you get the brain bleeds.

320
00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:18,483
Thanks for the tip.

321
00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:21,570
So, what do we do about the flat?
Is there, like, a spare?

322
00:14:21,653 --> 00:14:25,365
Oh, uh, full disclosure,
that was the spare.

323
00:14:25,449 --> 00:14:27,534
Yeah, I got into a nasty accident
this morning too.

324
00:14:28,118 --> 00:14:29,912
There's no service up here.

325
00:14:29,995 --> 00:14:32,372
Yeah, um, looks like one of us

326
00:14:32,456 --> 00:14:35,167
is gonna have to go down to Pep Boys
to get a new tire.

327
00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:38,712
[sighs] Fine, I'll do it.

328
00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:41,840
But just so you know, technically,
this is also formal wear,

329
00:14:42,424 --> 00:14:43,425
Just so you know.

330
00:14:44,801 --> 00:14:45,719
Jeez.

331
00:14:46,303 --> 00:14:47,220
[Fabiola sighs]

332
00:14:48,096 --> 00:14:49,389
Wanna talk about it?

333
00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:53,894
Maybe bring out the vodka?

334
00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:55,437
On it.

335
00:14:57,606 --> 00:15:00,233
Pax, thanks again for volunteering,

336
00:15:00,317 --> 00:15:02,778
and for proving
that the faculty prom committee

337
00:15:02,861 --> 00:15:05,864
isn't just for teachers
who weren't invited to their own proms.

338
00:15:05,948 --> 00:15:07,449
Yeah, sure.

339
00:15:07,532 --> 00:15:11,995
Unfortunately, the only job
that hasn't been claimed is bathroom duty.

340
00:15:12,079 --> 00:15:13,538
What? Come on, man.

341
00:15:13,622 --> 00:15:16,959
I'm sorry. All you have to do is make sure
nobody's drinking or smoking in there.

342
00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:20,045
And I can't do it because the students
think of me as their cool peer.

343
00:15:20,629 --> 00:15:23,298
But look… you won't be alone.

344
00:15:23,382 --> 00:15:25,634
[romantic song playing]

345
00:15:25,717 --> 00:15:27,636
♪ You're everything I want ♪

346
00:15:27,719 --> 00:15:29,888
[McEnroe] For the first time
in his beautiful life,

347
00:15:29,972 --> 00:15:33,767
Paxton was on the receiving end
of a slo-mo entrance,

348
00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:35,602
and my God was it good.

349
00:15:35,686 --> 00:15:37,437
♪ Everything I want… ♪

350
00:15:37,521 --> 00:15:38,772
[Paxton] Hi.

351
00:15:38,855 --> 00:15:39,690
You look nice.

352
00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,108
Thank you. So do you.

353
00:15:42,359 --> 00:15:45,112
Well, I guess we're officially
low-status again.

354
00:15:45,195 --> 00:15:46,530
Speak for yourself.

355
00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:48,657
-I've never been low-status in my--
-[flushing]

356
00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:50,742
Right. [laughs]

357
00:15:52,327 --> 00:15:53,996
[gentle music playing]

358
00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,165
I am so sorry, guys.

359
00:15:57,666 --> 00:15:59,751
I didn't mean for this lie to get around.

360
00:16:00,335 --> 00:16:02,921
I just didn't wanna tell my mom the truth.

361
00:16:03,005 --> 00:16:05,090
It's okay. We get it.

362
00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:06,133
[sighs]

363
00:16:06,216 --> 00:16:09,219
I should probably tell Principal Grubbs
before she books me on The Today Show.

364
00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:10,137
[laughing]

365
00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:14,307
God, why do I have to be a psycho
all the time?

366
00:16:14,391 --> 00:16:17,602
I like your psycho side.
It makes things interesting.

367
00:16:17,686 --> 00:16:18,687
[soft music playing]

368
00:16:18,770 --> 00:16:20,022
Yeah, sure.

369
00:16:21,982 --> 00:16:24,526
I'm really sorry
we're not gonna be roommates, Fab.

370
00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:28,864
Actually, I've been trying
to figure out a way to tell you

371
00:16:28,947 --> 00:16:30,991
that I don't wanna go to Princeton.

372
00:16:31,575 --> 00:16:33,827
-What?
-I wanna go to Howard.

373
00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:36,079
-That's awesome.
-You think so?

374
00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:37,664
Yeah.

375
00:16:38,373 --> 00:16:39,624
I'm really happy for you.

376
00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,587
So, what are you gonna do, Devi?

377
00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:48,967
I'm supposed to write this essay
to get myself off the wait-list,

378
00:16:49,051 --> 00:16:52,846
but the admissions officer basically said
that my chances are slim to none.

379
00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:57,184
Well, at least you two are killing it.

380
00:16:57,267 --> 00:16:59,519
Yeah, right. I'm not killing it.

381
00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:02,606
I haven't booked a part
with a single line yet.

382
00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:06,318
But it's okay because I'm gonna take
some directing classes.

383
00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:07,819
Trent gave me the idea.

384
00:17:07,903 --> 00:17:09,821
Hold up. You're talking to Trent?

385
00:17:09,905 --> 00:17:11,448
[chuckles] It's not a big deal.

386
00:17:14,159 --> 00:17:16,161
[Devi] El, it's so obvious.

387
00:17:16,745 --> 00:17:17,746
You love Trent.

388
00:17:18,413 --> 00:17:19,456
You should tell him.

389
00:17:22,209 --> 00:17:25,629
Hey, ladies,
I… I finally made it down the hill.

390
00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,005
Only fell two times.

391
00:17:27,089 --> 00:17:29,966
Um, but we're gonna have to tow the limo.

392
00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:32,886
Yeah, and we're gonna take you
to the prom in this truck. [laughs]

393
00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:34,805
Could you just take us home?

394
00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:38,225
I'd actually like to go
to someone else's home.

395
00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:42,604
-[knocking on door]
-About time.

396
00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,564
I ordered that Peanut Buster Parfait two…

397
00:17:44,648 --> 00:17:46,358
Eleanors ago?

398
00:17:46,441 --> 00:17:47,567
Hi.

399
00:17:47,651 --> 00:17:50,237
Sorry I don't have
a Peanut Buster Parfait for you.

400
00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,156
I actually came here… Uh…

401
00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,784
Are you okay?
You look like you've seen a goat.

402
00:17:55,867 --> 00:17:58,036
-Do you mean a ghost?
-No.

403
00:17:59,037 --> 00:17:59,996
Okay.

404
00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,374
Well, I came here

405
00:18:02,457 --> 00:18:06,044
because there's a lot of uncertainty
in life, right?

406
00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:09,381
I mean, like,
tonight, I got into a limo crash,

407
00:18:09,464 --> 00:18:12,134
and then I found out that Devi,
our best student,

408
00:18:12,217 --> 00:18:14,594
didn't actually get into a single college.

409
00:18:14,678 --> 00:18:15,595
[Ben] Wait, what?

410
00:18:16,179 --> 00:18:17,722
Oh, uh, hi.

411
00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:20,475
Oh, sorry,
I forgot to mention I had company.

412
00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:22,310
Eleanor, I want you to meet Ben.

413
00:18:22,394 --> 00:18:25,814
What do you mean Devi didn't get into
a single college? She got a clean sweep.

414
00:18:26,398 --> 00:18:29,359
Actually, she… got the opposite.

415
00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:30,527
Is she okay?

416
00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:33,071
Hey, Ben, why don't you read the doorway?

417
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:34,406
Eleanor's dressed like a mermaid

418
00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:36,700
and seems to be ramping up
to something good.

419
00:18:37,826 --> 00:18:39,452
[Ben] Yeah, sure. Sorry.

420
00:18:41,371 --> 00:18:44,207
Okay, he's gone.
Please continue your ramp.

421
00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:47,961
I was trying to say that even though
there's all this uncertainty,

422
00:18:48,545 --> 00:18:50,255
I'm certain about one thing.

423
00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:51,464
I wanna be with you.

424
00:18:51,548 --> 00:18:54,801
Yes! That's what I was hoping
you were gonna say.

425
00:18:54,885 --> 00:18:57,429
And you mean romantically, right?

426
00:18:57,512 --> 00:18:59,472
Not like as a team for The Amazing Race?

427
00:18:59,556 --> 00:19:02,100
[laughs] Yes, romantically.

428
00:19:02,184 --> 00:19:04,186
["Sucker" by Kaptan playing]

429
00:19:04,269 --> 00:19:06,855
[vocalizing]

430
00:19:06,938 --> 00:19:09,107
♪ I'm just a sucker for a happy ending ♪

431
00:19:09,191 --> 00:19:11,193
[upbeat music playing]

432
00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:17,199
Okay, Shrimp, I don't think you need

433
00:19:17,282 --> 00:19:19,242
a bundled-up sweatshirt
to go to the bathroom.

434
00:19:20,035 --> 00:19:21,828
-You don't know how I shit.
-Shrimp.

435
00:19:22,871 --> 00:19:24,372
-[Shrimp sighs]
-Thank you.

436
00:19:25,290 --> 00:19:26,249
[door opens]

437
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,960
So, what'd we get this time?

438
00:19:29,753 --> 00:19:32,714
-Um, Laffy Taffy schnapps.
-Wow.

439
00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:34,257
-That's new.
-All right.

440
00:19:34,341 --> 00:19:35,258
[sighs]

441
00:19:35,342 --> 00:19:38,553
This is exactly why
I got into the teaching game.

442
00:19:38,637 --> 00:19:39,638
Yeah.

443
00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:43,266
I mean, we really are shaping the future
one flush at a time.

444
00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:44,434
[laughs]

445
00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:49,022
I am curious though.
Why did you decide to become a teacher?

446
00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,359
Well, uh, when I was in high school,

447
00:19:52,984 --> 00:19:55,779
my parents were going through
a pretty messy divorce,

448
00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,656
and my grades started to slip.

449
00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:02,118
But there was this one teacher
who would not let me fail.

450
00:20:03,286 --> 00:20:04,579
I mean, it sounds corny,

451
00:20:04,663 --> 00:20:07,207
but I wanna change
someone's life like that.

452
00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:10,001
That's not corny at all.

453
00:20:10,502 --> 00:20:11,920
I think it's awesome.

454
00:20:12,504 --> 00:20:14,881
Well, it sounds like you already had
one of those moments.

455
00:20:14,965 --> 00:20:16,132
Um…

456
00:20:16,216 --> 00:20:18,426
I heard what you did for Eric
on the swim team.

457
00:20:18,510 --> 00:20:21,471
Oh, come on. I barely did anything.

458
00:20:21,972 --> 00:20:24,140
I just blew a whistle
and told him not to drown.

459
00:20:24,224 --> 00:20:26,851
Well… for what it's worth,

460
00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:29,354
I feel you could do this for real
if you wanted to.

461
00:20:29,437 --> 00:20:31,690
It did feel good helping him.

462
00:20:32,357 --> 00:20:34,234
I wouldn't mind doing that for a living.

463
00:20:34,317 --> 00:20:36,611
["Nightline"
by Ships & Uncle Gene playing]

464
00:20:36,695 --> 00:20:40,532
And there are other things
about this job that are pretty great.

465
00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:42,033
Oh yeah?

466
00:20:42,701 --> 00:20:43,535
Yeah.

467
00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:46,705
Would you ever wanna hang out?

468
00:20:47,289 --> 00:20:50,083
Like further away from the bathroom maybe?

469
00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:51,543
Sure.

470
00:20:52,419 --> 00:20:53,920
That sounds nice.

471
00:20:54,004 --> 00:20:55,880
["Nightline" continues playing]

472
00:20:57,799 --> 00:20:59,467
Yo, uh, we need help.

473
00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:02,053
Brody was trying to smoke some… salmon,

474
00:21:02,804 --> 00:21:04,389
but then he got stuck in a window.

475
00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:05,849
-[sighs]
-Okay.

476
00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,059
[Miss Thompson] Come on.

477
00:21:11,855 --> 00:21:12,689
[scoffs]

478
00:21:13,857 --> 00:21:14,983
[knocking on window]

479
00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:19,988
Ben?

480
00:21:20,071 --> 00:21:23,074
[panting] Jesus.
That's how Paxton used to come in?

481
00:21:23,158 --> 00:21:24,701
That's freakin' treacherous.

482
00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:27,495
There's nothing to hold on to
except a razor-sharp trellis.

483
00:21:27,579 --> 00:21:30,123
Huh. Always seemed pretty easy for him.

484
00:21:31,833 --> 00:21:35,253
-Great.
-So… what are you doing here?

485
00:21:36,046 --> 00:21:38,340
Well, I heard about
your college situation.

486
00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,633
[laughs] Pretty pathetic, huh?

487
00:21:41,426 --> 00:21:42,844
No, it's not pathetic.

488
00:21:43,428 --> 00:21:44,929
[Devi] Mmm, yeah, it is.

489
00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:48,308
Being rejected and wait-listed
by everywhere you applied

490
00:21:48,391 --> 00:21:50,310
is, like, the definition of pathetic, so…

491
00:21:50,393 --> 00:21:51,978
You were wait-listed somewhere?

492
00:21:52,062 --> 00:21:53,480
Yeah, Princeton.

493
00:21:53,563 --> 00:21:55,857
-So you still have a shot.
-No, I don't.

494
00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:58,026
They want me to do another essay,
and I'm not going to.

495
00:21:58,109 --> 00:22:00,278
What? Are you out of your mind?

496
00:22:00,362 --> 00:22:03,365
No, I'm not wasting my time, and I'm done.

497
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,826
I'll just [sighs] apply again next fall.

498
00:22:06,910 --> 00:22:09,037
Look, Devi, you are many things.

499
00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:13,958
A, uh… A maniac, a liar,
a heavy sweater, a reckless driver--

500
00:22:14,042 --> 00:22:16,711
-Hey, this is very hurtful.
-But you're not a quitter.

501
00:22:17,212 --> 00:22:19,923
Well… it's not gonna make a difference

502
00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:22,258
because I have no chance
of getting in anyway.

503
00:22:23,343 --> 00:22:24,302
[Devi sighs]

504
00:22:25,095 --> 00:22:26,096
[Ben sighs]

505
00:22:26,721 --> 00:22:29,265
Look, if anyone gets how badly
you wanted to go to Princeton

506
00:22:29,349 --> 00:22:32,060
and how much you killed yourself
to try to make that happen, it's me.

507
00:22:32,143 --> 00:22:33,978
-[scoffs]
-I mean, if I were you right now,

508
00:22:34,062 --> 00:22:36,689
I'd want someone to put me
in like a medically-induced coma.

509
00:22:36,773 --> 00:22:38,316
Yeah, I would like that.

510
00:22:38,817 --> 00:22:41,778
But if you don't try everything
that you can, you're gonna regret it.

511
00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:46,866
[Devi] Hey, Ben?

512
00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:47,784
Yeah.

513
00:22:50,829 --> 00:22:53,665
I'm sorry I called you mean
when Margot was over.

514
00:22:54,249 --> 00:22:56,000
You're actually… [inhales]

515
00:22:56,876 --> 00:23:00,088
…very nice to come over
and try and cheer me up.

516
00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:01,756
Did it work?

517
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,383
Not really. [sighs]

518
00:23:05,135 --> 00:23:06,094
Hmm.

519
00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:07,887
But I will… [exhales]

520
00:23:07,971 --> 00:23:09,055
…write that essay.

521
00:23:11,474 --> 00:23:13,393
You know, when you called me mean
the other night,

522
00:23:13,476 --> 00:23:14,853
it didn't really bother me.

523
00:23:15,603 --> 00:23:18,857
But the thing
that keeps replaying in my brain is

524
00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:22,777
when you reminded me that I'm the one
who said that we shouldn't be together.

525
00:23:24,154 --> 00:23:26,948
M-- Maybe I was wrong, David.

526
00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:29,242
["Dreaming Of U" by Oberhofer playing]

527
00:23:30,702 --> 00:23:32,412
[vocalizing]

528
00:23:34,706 --> 00:23:38,001
♪ I’ll be dreaming of you tonight ♪

529
00:23:38,084 --> 00:23:41,296
♪ I love you when I see you smile ♪

530
00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:42,589
[vocalizing]

531
00:23:43,715 --> 00:23:46,593
♪ I love you when I see you smile ♪

532
00:23:46,676 --> 00:23:47,802
[vocalizing]

533
00:23:47,886 --> 00:23:49,554
[Nalini yelling] What were you thinking?

534
00:23:49,637 --> 00:23:51,389
Mom, it's not what it looks like.

535
00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:53,725
Nothing happened between us.
See? We're both fully clothed.

536
00:23:53,808 --> 00:23:54,726
What?

537
00:23:55,226 --> 00:23:57,729
Oh, Ben.
I thought he was one of your dolls.

538
00:23:57,812 --> 00:24:00,064
But now that I do see you,
get out of here.

539
00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:02,984
Ms. Warner just called me this morning.

540
00:24:03,067 --> 00:24:04,444
You got into zero colleges,

541
00:24:04,527 --> 00:24:06,154
and then on top of it,
you… you lied to me?

542
00:24:06,237 --> 00:24:08,281
Okay, I… I know-- I just-- I couldn't--

543
00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:11,117
You couldn't what? I… I let you
take charge of your own college process

544
00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:13,745
because for some strange reason
I thought you'd be sensible.

545
00:24:13,828 --> 00:24:16,706
What were you thinking
only applying to Ivies?

546
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:18,208
I mean, how could you be so stupid?

547
00:24:18,833 --> 00:24:20,418
[somber music playing]

548
00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:22,337
I didn't mean stupid. I just-- I meant--

549
00:24:22,921 --> 00:24:23,880
Yes, you did.

550
00:24:25,548 --> 00:24:28,092
And you're right. I am.

551
00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:33,348
I am so sorry you moved
all the way from India for nothing.

552
00:24:33,932 --> 00:24:37,185
-Devi--
-Can I just… please be alone?

553
00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:39,938
Okay.

554
00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:46,945
[Dr. Ryan] So you're graduating
pretty soon. That's exciting.

555
00:24:47,737 --> 00:24:50,114
-Is it?
-For me, it is.

556
00:24:50,198 --> 00:24:54,202
Now I don't have to hear about the weird
social politics in orchestra anymore.

557
00:24:54,285 --> 00:24:57,413
Thought you liked when I talked
about how bitchy the woodwinds were.

558
00:24:58,289 --> 00:24:59,290
Yeah, I kind of do.

559
00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:03,086
What's going on? Why you look so down?

560
00:25:03,670 --> 00:25:04,587
Oh, I don't know.

561
00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:06,839
Maybe because I'm a complete,
gigantic failure.

562
00:25:06,923 --> 00:25:10,343
What are you talking about?
You're not a failure.

563
00:25:10,426 --> 00:25:11,386
How?

564
00:25:11,469 --> 00:25:14,097
Like, what's your scale?
Loser to trash can?

565
00:25:15,139 --> 00:25:20,186
When I first met you,
you were a closed-off, angry little thing.

566
00:25:20,979 --> 00:25:23,439
You didn't wanna get in touch
with your feelings,

567
00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:25,817
your pain, your trauma.

568
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:27,735
All you wanted to do is break stuff.

569
00:25:28,486 --> 00:25:32,407
Hell, I had to start putting
all my ceramics away before you came in.

570
00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:35,702
-Sorry.
-But look at you.

571
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:38,788
Look how far you've come.

572
00:25:39,372 --> 00:25:43,418
You faced your trauma,
and you came out on the other side.

573
00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:46,087
And I'm sorry to get a little emotional,

574
00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:49,132
but… there were some times there

575
00:25:49,215 --> 00:25:51,759
when I was really worried
about you, miss girl.

576
00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:53,928
Look at you today.

577
00:25:54,012 --> 00:25:56,973
I am… so proud of you.

578
00:25:57,557 --> 00:25:59,267
You survived, baby.

579
00:26:00,018 --> 00:26:01,269
You're a survivor.

580
00:26:02,145 --> 00:26:03,229
You really mean that?

581
00:26:03,313 --> 00:26:05,273
This little college thing,

582
00:26:05,815 --> 00:26:07,442
this is just a bump in the road

583
00:26:07,525 --> 00:26:09,944
compared to everything
you've already overcome.

584
00:26:10,028 --> 00:26:12,572
You can do anything you put your mind to.

585
00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:18,119
-[vase shatters]
-[Devi exhales]

586
00:26:19,037 --> 00:26:20,330
Thank you, Dr. Ryan.

587
00:26:21,331 --> 00:26:23,041
And thank you for helping me.

588
00:26:24,751 --> 00:26:26,628
And I'm sorry about your vase.

589
00:26:27,462 --> 00:26:28,796
That's all right.

590
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,840
That one was a little ugly anyways.

591
00:26:33,426 --> 00:26:36,721
[woman on phone] Arizona State Admissions.
How may I direct your call?

592
00:26:36,804 --> 00:26:39,182
Hi. My name is Paxton Hall-Yoshida.

593
00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:41,225
I was enrolled
at the beginning of the year,

594
00:26:41,309 --> 00:26:42,518
and I ended up dropping out,

595
00:26:42,602 --> 00:26:45,229
but now I was kind of thinking
I wanna come back

596
00:26:45,313 --> 00:26:47,815
and transfer
to the undergraduate Teachers College--

597
00:26:47,899 --> 00:26:50,485
[woman] Sir, I don't need
your whole life story, okay?

598
00:26:50,568 --> 00:26:51,944
Oh, sorry.

599
00:26:52,028 --> 00:26:54,238
[woman] Let me connect you
with Undergraduate Admissions.

600
00:26:54,322 --> 00:26:55,198
Okay.

601
00:26:55,907 --> 00:26:58,117
[woman] And congrats
on being a Sun Devil again.

602
00:26:58,618 --> 00:27:01,079
[exhales] Th-- Thank you. Thanks.

603
00:27:03,665 --> 00:27:05,917
[McEnroe] After talking to Dr. Ryan,

604
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,337
Devi knew exactly
what this essay needed to say.

605
00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:10,338
[sighs]

606
00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:16,719
[Devi] A long time ago, someone told me
to write my college essay about my father.

607
00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:18,429
But I didn't want to

608
00:27:18,513 --> 00:27:21,599
because it felt exploitative and wrong.

609
00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:24,894
However, I don't think there's a way
to really know me

610
00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:26,270
without knowing about him.

611
00:27:26,771 --> 00:27:29,023
I should back up and tell you
that my father died

612
00:27:29,107 --> 00:27:30,983
my freshman year of high school,

613
00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:34,445
and he died right in front of me
at an orchestra concert.

614
00:27:35,071 --> 00:27:36,197
I was 15 years old,

615
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,200
and I watched the person
I loved most in the world

616
00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:41,202
disappear right before my eyes.

617
00:27:41,786 --> 00:27:43,871
But I don't want to focus on his death.

618
00:27:43,955 --> 00:27:46,541
It was how he lived that really shaped me.

619
00:27:47,250 --> 00:27:51,379
He was a person who had unending joy
and optimism about the world.

620
00:27:51,963 --> 00:27:55,341
Princeton was actually a dream
he and I came up with together.

621
00:27:55,425 --> 00:27:58,177
I think I've so fiercely held on
to Princeton

622
00:27:58,261 --> 00:28:00,012
so that I could keep holding on to him.

623
00:28:00,096 --> 00:28:01,389
Land between two rivers.

624
00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:03,349
But if you don't accept me,

625
00:28:03,433 --> 00:28:06,227
I'll be okay because I can't lose him.

626
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:07,937
He's always with me.

627
00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:10,857
But if you do happen
to find a spot for me,

628
00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:13,943
I promise I won't take
a second of it for granted

629
00:28:14,444 --> 00:28:17,989
because I'd be living that dream
not just for me alone.

630
00:28:18,072 --> 00:28:20,074
[inspirational music playing]

631
00:28:20,658 --> 00:28:21,659
[sighs]

632
00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,745
[inspirational music continues]

633
00:29:16,005 --> 00:29:17,548
[inspirational music ends]